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 | | In 298, under the treaty concluded by Rome and Sassanid Persia in Nissibin, the Kartli Kingdom appeared to be under the Roman political control enabling the authorities to acknowledge Christianity. |
 | | King Mirian is the first Christian king, and a preacher of that time is Nino of Cappadocia, born of father Zabilon, a well-known Roman commander, and of mother Susana, the sister of the bishop of Jerusalem. |
 | | In 1783 the treaty of Georgievsk, signed between Russia and Georgia, actually laid the foundation for the abolition of the Georgian Church’s independence, which can be inferred from the following statements of the document: “… After the unification with Russia and the Russians, our coreligionists, His Excellency wishes that the Catholicos, i.e. |
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